Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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