Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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