Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning enable students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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