Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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