Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students 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 subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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