Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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