Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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