Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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