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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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