Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major 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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