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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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