Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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