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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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