Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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