Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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