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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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