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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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