Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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