Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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