Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes 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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