Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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