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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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