Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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