Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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