Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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