Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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