Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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