Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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