Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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