Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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