Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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