Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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