Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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