Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners 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 a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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