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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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