Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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