Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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