Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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