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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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