Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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