Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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