Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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