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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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