Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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