Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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