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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently 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 lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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