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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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