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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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