Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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