Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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