Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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