Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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