Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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