Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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