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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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