Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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