Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. 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 commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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