Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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