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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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