Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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