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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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