Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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