Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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