Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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