Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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