Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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