Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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