Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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