Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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