Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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