Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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