Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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