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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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