Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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