Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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