Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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