Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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