Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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