Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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