Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually 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 many topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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