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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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