Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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