Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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