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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the 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 definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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