Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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