Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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