Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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