Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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