Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not 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 issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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