Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly 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 several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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