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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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