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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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