Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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 numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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