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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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