Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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