Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally 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 a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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