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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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