Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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