Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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 organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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