Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always 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 many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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