Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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