Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free 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. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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