Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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