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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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