Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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