Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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