Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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