Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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