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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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