Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Learning Mooc