Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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