Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information 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 interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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