Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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