Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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