Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students 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 online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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