Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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