Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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