Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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