Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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