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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally 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 a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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