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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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