Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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