Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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