Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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