Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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