Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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