Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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