Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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