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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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