Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free 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 several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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