Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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