Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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