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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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