Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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