Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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