Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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