Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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