Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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