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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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