Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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