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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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