Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally 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 issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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