Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always 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 many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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