Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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