Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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