Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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