Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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