Find out 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 education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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