Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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