Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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