Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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