Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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