Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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