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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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