Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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