Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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