Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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