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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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