Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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