Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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