Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 online education organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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