Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students 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 learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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