Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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