Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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