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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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