Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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