Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually 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 elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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