Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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