Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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