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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free 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 a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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