Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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