Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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