Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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