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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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