Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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