Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes 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 subjects that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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