Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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