Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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