Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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