Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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