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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major 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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