Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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