Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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