Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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