Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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