Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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