Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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