Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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