Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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