Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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