Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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