Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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