Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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