Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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