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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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