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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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