Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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