Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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