Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 online education institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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