Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners 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 topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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