Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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