Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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