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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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