Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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