Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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