Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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