Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly 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 subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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