Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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