Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently 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 several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands 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 attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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