Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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