Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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