Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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