Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are typically free but do not 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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