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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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