Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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