Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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