Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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