Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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