Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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