Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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