Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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