Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new 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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