Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently 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 several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to understand these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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