Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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