Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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