Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are 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 a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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