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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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