Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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