Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always 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 topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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