Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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