Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. 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. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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