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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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