Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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