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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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