Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently 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 many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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