Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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