Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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