Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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