Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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