Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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