Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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