Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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