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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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