Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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