Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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