Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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