Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are free for students 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 elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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