Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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