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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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