Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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