Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free 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 several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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