Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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