Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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