Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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