Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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