Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are 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 several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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