Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC 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 subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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