Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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