Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free 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 variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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