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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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