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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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