Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 online education organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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