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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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