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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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