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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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