Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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