Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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