Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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