Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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