Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education make it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 numerous topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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