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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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