Learn more about the impressive 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 (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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