Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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