Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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