Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always 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 learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also talks about 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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