Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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