Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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