Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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