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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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