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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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