Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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