Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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 many topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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