Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always 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 dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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