Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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