Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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