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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always 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 issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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