Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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