Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are 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 many topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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