Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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