Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally 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 many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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