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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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