Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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