Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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