Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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