Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning enable students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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