Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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