Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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