Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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