Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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