Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open 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 issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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