Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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