Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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