Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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