Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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