Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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