Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students 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 elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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