Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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