Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 a variety of topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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