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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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