Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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