Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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