Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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