Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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