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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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