Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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