Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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 many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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