Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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