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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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