Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free 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 a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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