Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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