Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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