Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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