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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners 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 subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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