Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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