Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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