Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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