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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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