Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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