Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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