Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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