Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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