Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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