Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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