Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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