Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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