Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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