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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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