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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically 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 several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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