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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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