Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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