Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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