Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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