Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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