Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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