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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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