Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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