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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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