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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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