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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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