Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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