Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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