Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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