Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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