Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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