Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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