Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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