Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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