Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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