Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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