Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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