Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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