Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically 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 issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these open education ventures. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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