Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 many topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Technology-enhanced Learning