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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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