Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily 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 many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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