Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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