Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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