Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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