Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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