Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are 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 many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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