Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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