Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning enable humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also explores the key 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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