Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally 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 variety of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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