Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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