Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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