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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students 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 several subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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