Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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