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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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