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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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