Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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