Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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