Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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