Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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