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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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