Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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