Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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