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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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