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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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