Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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