Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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