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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free 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 issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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