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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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