Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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