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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily 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 many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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