Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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