Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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