Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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