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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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