Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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