Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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