Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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