Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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