Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are 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 several issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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