Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually 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 a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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