Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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