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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically 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 institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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