Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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