Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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