Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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