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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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