Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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