Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically 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 variety of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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