Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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