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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically 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 variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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