Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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