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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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