Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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