Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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