Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing 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 topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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