Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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