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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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