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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free 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 lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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