Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning 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 schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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