Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are usually 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 several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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