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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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