Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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