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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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