Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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