Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the 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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