Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes 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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