Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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