Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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