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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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