Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually 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 online learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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