Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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