Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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