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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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