Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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