Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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