Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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