Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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