Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important 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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