Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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