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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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