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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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