Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 subjects that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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