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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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