Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are almost always 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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