Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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