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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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