Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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