Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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