Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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