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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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