Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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