Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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