Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students 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 several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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