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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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