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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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