Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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