Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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