Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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