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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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