Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pakistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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