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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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