Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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