Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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