Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Learning