Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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