Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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