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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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