Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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