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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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