Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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