Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently 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 attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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