Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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