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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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