Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These 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 several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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