Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs 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 numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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