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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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