Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are 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 topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses 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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