Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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