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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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