Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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