Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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