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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are 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 topics that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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