Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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