Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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