Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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