Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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