Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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