Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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