Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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