Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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