Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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