Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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