Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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