Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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