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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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