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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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