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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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