Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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