Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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