Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive 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 learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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