Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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