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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free 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 blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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