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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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