Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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