Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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