Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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