Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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