Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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